Clara Barton
/ˌklɑːrə ˈbɑːtn/
/ˌklærə ˈbɑːrtn/
- (1821-1912) a US nurse who started the American Red Cross in 1881. She was its first president until 1904. Barton, who had earlier been a teacher, became a nurse for Union soldiers during the Civil War and was known as 'the Angel of the Battlefield'.
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Clara Barton